French lawmakers vote to tax every gigabyte of data at €0.055, hitting Netflix, Google and Meta
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-31
French lawmakers have voted to impose a €0.055 tax on every gigabyte of data transmitted by companies, with Netflix, Google, and Meta all in scope. It's the latest substantive European move to tax US tech giants' digital businesses.
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